The scaling debate is an interesting topic that has got extremely heated over the last few months. With advocates for both sides putting forward valid points. Personally, I don’t think it’s a binary decision, “one way is not always better than the other”. In each example, there are trade-offs, and depending on your position, you will likely decide in favour of one or the other.

In this podcast, we’ll have a look at some of these arguments and identify why Decred has taken its scaling route.

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Decred is Money Evolved. By combining battle tested Proof-of-Work with an innovative take on Proof-of-Stake that places coin holders in charge of shaping the future, Decred is able to adapt to challenges and innovate at a rapid pace. You acquire influence in Decred by putting “skin in the game”. Decred’s security, privacy, scalability, and decentralized treasury empower stakeholders and provides them with the tools needed to enhance their financial sovereignty.
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Digital Wallet technology is so much bigger than most realise. Digital wallets, are becoming a complete and standalone web experience and will be a replacement for the web browser in the very near future. When you consider a peer to peer, permissionless, financial system as the foundation for a new web browser infrastructure, you start to realise the massive security and privacy benefits for the end user. In my opinion, Digital wallet technology is something people should be paying very close attention to.

In previous Q&A sessions we’ve looked at the simplest ways to buy, exchange and swap Decred. And the best coins to have if you want to move in and out of Decred from fiat currencies or other cryptocurrencies.

Here, we’ll look specifically at the best ways to hold your Decred and experience all the project has to offer. We will also consider some reasons why you might choose one wallet over another.

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I’ve heard debate about Decred not offering anything new to the cryptocurrency space or not having a specific utility. Although to the outsider this may seem like the case, in fact, Decred offers so much utility that it’s often hard to describe in a punchy one-liner.

So let’s have a look at some of the utility that Decred has to offer.

This is an interesting question which is currently evolving. But the short answer is Bitcoin BTC. At the time of writing, pretty much every alternative coin has a BTC pair. This has typically been the coin that generates the highest liquidity in and out of a project like Decred.

But let's investigate some of our options and future prospects.

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In this episode, we’ll be talking to @dreacot about the new cryptopower wallet, its exciting features, and what to expect going forward.

In previous episodes, we’ve discussed extensively about Decred needing to be available for mobile users, missed opportunities and the impact mobile products could have on the Decred project. The aim of this show is to take this conversation forward from the perspective of someone who building and developing in the crypto mobile space.  Along with this, it would also be great to discuss the challenges and ways in which we’ll be navigating them.

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Crypto is over 14 years old and has seen its fair share of game theory and manipulation play out. Throughout this process, a few obvious centralising entities have fully established, organised and been allowed to thrive. Although early development could never have preemptively solved for each of these entities, it remains important to course correct at every opportunity.

Let’s dive into three of these centralising entities and the efforts Decred has gone to, not only to remove these middlemen, but also to not insert another one in their place.

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Cryptocurrencies and digital internet money are extremely young and, as such, the ability to adapt to the changing environment will be critical. Principles, ideals, and theory that were once valid and seen as the immovable cornerstones of the space have mostly all been proven fragile when put to the test.

The idea that a piece of software or hardware will be as strong in the long term as it is today is a flagrant lie. Without the ability to formally change when needed, it will lead projects to be manipulated and exploited at the will of those who seek to game the system and profit.

Decred News - Hard-fork completed! Now CPU/GPU Mined - ASICs are out!

Decred is Money Evolved. By combining battle tested Proof-of-Work with an innovative take on Proof-of-Stake that places coin holders in charge of shaping the future, Decred is able to adapt to challenges and innovate at a rapid pace. You acquire influence in Decred by putting “skin in the game”. Decred’s security, privacy, scalability, and decentralized treasury empower stakeholders and provides them with the tools needed to enhance their financial sovereignty. 

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In this episode, we’ll be talking about the change to CPU mining and the initial mining difficulty which had to be overcome to find the first block, after the consensus change. We’ll also look at the current active proposals on Politeia and other participation opportunities.